State Rep. Steve Davisson (R-Salem) recently welcomed local FFA students to the Statehouse where they served as pages.

As House pages, these students toured the governor’s office, the House and Senate chambers, and the Indiana Supreme Court. They also helped staff with their daily tasks and met with Davisson to learn more about the legislative process:

Elliott Wade, from Campbellsburg, attends West Washington Junior-Senior High School.

“Serving as House pages is a great way for students from our community to learn more about our state government,” Davisson said. “Through the program, young Hoosiers have an opportunity to watch the legislative process and experience a day at the Statehouse.”

Students between the ages of 13 to 18 who are interested in paging this legislative session can learn more and sign up atwww.indianahouserepublicans.com/pageprogram. Participants receive an excused absence from school and groups can request to page together.

Last night between 10:00 and midnight, Indiana State Police participated in Operation Pull Over and conducted a sobriety checkpoint on SR 62 at Owen Street in Mt. Vernon. During the two-hour period, 72 vehicles passed through the checkpoint resulting in three drivers being arrested for driving while intoxicated. Troopers also made five arrests for possession of marijuana.

The Indiana State Police are committed to traffic safety and will continue to conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints to apprehend impaired drivers and to deter others from drinking and driving.

Born November 10, 1947 in Louisville, Kentucky, he was the son of the late J. B. and Ruby (Hynes) Jones.

He retired after 30 years from the Salem Post Office and was a former dairy farmer and sales manager at Brown Brothers Cadillac.

He was a member of the Blue River Baptist Church and taught Sunday School. He served during the Vietnam War as a Spec 5 in the U.S. Army, had been a resident of Washington County for the past 44 years, was a 1965 graduate of North Hardin High School and attended Western Kentucky University. He was a former YMCA Board Member and a former tennis coach at Eastern and Salem High Schools.

ESPN’s Hannah Storm, current anchor for SportsCenter, will be the featured speaker at the 63rd Annual They’re Off! Luncheon on Friday, April 12. The luncheon, first held in 1957, serves as the time-honored kick-off to each year’s Festival. It’s the second-oldest event on the Festival schedule.

An award-winning journalist, producer, and director, Hannah Storm, is a pioneer in broadcasting, a published author, an advocate for children suffering from debilitating vascular birthmarks, and, most importantly, a mother. In 2018, Storm made broadcasting history when she became the play-by-play voice of Amazon Prime Video’s, Thursday Night Football 2018 season. Storm is part of the first female duo ever to broadcast a professional sports series in the US, and the first-ever female team to provide commentary on NFL Games.

Storm joined ESPN in 2008, where she is currently a host of SportsCenter, the network’s flagship program. Storm has hosted major events including Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the Super Bowl, the ESPY Awards, the NBA Finals, Muhammad Ali’s funeral and the Rio Olympics. In addition, Storm has served as host/executive producer of ESPN’s primetime interview specials, Face To Face with Hannah Storm, hosted The Sports Reporters and contributed to E:60 and Outside the Lines. She is also an original member of the Board of Advisors for espnW.

Storm founded the Hannah Storm Foundation in 2008, which funds surgeries for children suffering from debilitating vascular birthmarks. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1983, where she received degrees in communications and political science. She has an honorary doctorate in Public Service from the University of Portland. She currently resides in Connecticut with her husband, Dan Hicks, and is the mother of three daughters.

The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. on April 12, in the Grand Ballroom of the Galt House East Hotel – site of the festive event since 1974. This year’s event will also feature the presentation of the Kentucky Blood Center Volunteer of the Year Award and the Fifth Third Bank Silver Horseshoe Award for service to the community. Tickets are $85 each or $680 for a table of eight. To purchase tickets or to get additional information, please call (502) 584-FEST or visit KDF.org.

Contributing sponsors for the event are Fifth Third Bank, The Galt House and Kentucky Blood Center. Official PR Partner: RunSwitch PR. Media Sponsor: Business First.

Since 1956, the Derby Festival has worked to bring the community together in celebration. The Festival is an independent community organization supported by 4,000 volunteers, 400 businesses and civic groups, Pegasus Pin sponsorships and event participation. This involvement has made the Festival the largest single attended event in Kentucky and one of the leading community celebrations in the world.